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The Falkland Dispute: Here We Go Again

A 180-Year-Old Feud Between England and Argentina Has Almost as Much to Do With Soccer as Geopolitical Strategy

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Reed Johnson

Updated June 9, 2014 11:03 a.m. ET

It is said that history repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. Or perhaps both simultaneously in the case of Britain and Argentina's unending row over a windswept outcropping in the South Atlantic.

The 180-year-old feud between the two nations over the Falkland Islands has almost as much to do with soccer as with geopolitical strategy.

So when Argentina's national team unveiled a banner at its World Cup warm-up...